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Topic: BEER- the choice
Posted By: Guests
Subject: BEER- the choice
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 21:46
Again- yes I forgot many beers- thats not the point- choose from these. I tried to pick Popular beers.
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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 07:17
All German & Czech beers!!!!
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Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 08:20
finnish beers are best!
bud tastes like horsepiss.
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 08:49
I love Belgian beers
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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 09:21
I'm Irish, so it has to be guinness.
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 09:32
Australians make the best beer.
Boags Draught, Cascade Premium, Crown Lager
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 14:06
huh!!
you dont know .... the mexican beers are recognized around the world
the mexican beers are the best!
corona,indio, victoria,pacifico etc
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Posted By: hugo
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 14:18
Haha everyone just says beer from their country is the best............
anyways, czech beer is the best and that's a fact
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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 14:51
Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 19:57
That's all well and good. I can chug many Budwiesers. Do
I do it for the buzz?
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Posted By: Hiwatter
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 05:47
Czech beer. Sorry US guys, but your beer is not beer in comparison with Czech beer.
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 06:19
I'm English. We will drink anything, and usually do. 'Theakstons' is one of my favourite beers.
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Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 06:31
Special London Ale's one of my favourites, and Summer Lightning's
another. (I like my beer how I like my rock: Old-fashioned and Pompous.)
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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 07:25
Richardw wrote:
I'm English. We will drink anything, and usually do. 'Theakstons' is one of my favourite beers. |
Excellent! I sell this beer in Italy...
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:18
Bishops Finger
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:29
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Dream Theater
Terry Gilliam
Hagen Quartet
Jethro Tull
Mike Keneally
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:34
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:36
Tangle Foot ?? Tastes like Smelly Feet
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:40
My favourit beer of all!
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:42
Yes a Badger tastes real good
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:42
Wodka has dulled your senses Velvet!
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:43
Maybe so
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:51
C'moon, Belgian beer is the best there is.
I can say that objectively cause I'm not Belgian at all . Just living there. And drinking their beer .
Czech beer is like the Beatles, and Belgian Beers are the "progressive rock" of beer. So many different flavours. Trappist beers, Kriek (with cherry), wheat beer, brown, blond, you name it.
Belgian beer is like the apex.
I thought this was common knowledge.
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Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 09:59
A better Badger is this:
It smells of pot pureé. Mmm....
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 10:13
This one has Elderflower in it. Its absolutely delicious! Mmmmmm beer!
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Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 10:33
Two of the best.
(This topic's making me thirsty...)
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 17:41
I don't like beer
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 07:41
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:10
When it comes to beer: German ones, preferably "Dortmunder Kronen
Classic". As a friend of ours once said though: "Beer is for men,
champagne is for women, wine is for both". I'll agree to that and
rather have a glass of Moét et Chandon instead of beer.
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Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 16:29
Great choice Snow Dog.
Tanglefoot reminds me of the Great Dorset Steam Fair (beer tent) on a lovely summers day.
Best draft rather than canned or bottled mind.
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 19:11
You Euros are right. US beers for the most part is just weasel-piss compared to overseas. And believe me I've been to 14 countries and I can tell. But I haved to say Sam Adams is a strong competitor. The only beer here done right. Funny thing is a long time ago I met some German tourists who spoke good English in Wash. DC where I grew up in a bar. I asked them what they thought of American beer and they said they loved it because in Germany it doesn't take too many to get schnockered. Where with here, you can drink all day and keep a light buzz on. I thought that was pretty funny.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 20:06
Wow,Marktheshark-you grew up in a bar?????
Or is your grammar crap..........
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 23:22
Alright, alright. I done wish I grown-up in a bar. And my gramma is fine lady not crap God rest her soul.
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Posted By: kingwingding
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 23:31
idk about you guys but i personally dig labbat blue
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Posted By: Gluonio
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 17:58
From that list :Stella Artois by far!I really like Erdinger and MacFarland too!I'm thirsty just thinking of it!
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 10:01
guinness is best on that list, but my personal fave is michelob lager. sadly, though, living in a college town, you usually just get some sh*t like natty light or milwaukee's best (the BEAST). on a good night if youre lucky, you might come across some coors light or bud.
...but of course i dont know any of this, im only 20...
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Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 13:24
spectral wrote:
it has to be guinness. |
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 18:24
Out of that list... none. I prefer "Corona" or "Sol"
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Posted By: ShaunoNoNo
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 05:28
Guiness of course.
I'm not fond of Lager.
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 13:49
marktheshark wrote:
You Euros are right. US beers for the most part is just weasel-piss compared to overseas. And believe me I've been to 14 countries and I can tell. But I haved to say Sam Adams is a strong competitor. The only beer here done right. Funny thing is a long time ago I met some German tourists who spoke good English in Wash. DC where I grew up in a bar. I asked them what they thought of American beer and they said they loved it because in Germany it doesn't take too many to get schnockered. Where with here, you can drink all day and keep a light buzz on. I thought that was pretty funny.
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WHAT A SILLY QUOTE- THERE ARE SOOO MANY GOOD BREWERIES IN THE US- SO MANY MICRO BREWERIES- HAHAHAHA- NO GOOD BEERS? WOW- LOOK AROUND DUDE
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 07:43
Swedens best
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Terry Gilliam
Hagen Quartet
Jethro Tull
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 12:35
on a warm summers day..oh yes...!
(though I went for Guinness in the poll)
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Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 17:56
I can't vote in this...YOU DON'T HAVE MONTEITHS!!!
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 08:07
Unfamiliar brands for me, exept Guiness. I'm more in to wheatbeers, something from the axis of beer (Netherlands-Germany-Czech).
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Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:23
I'll have a Tuborg then.(Danish)
If you only serve what's on the list,Stella.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 15:46
wot...STILL no Hoegaarden in the poll?
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 16:29
beer from india
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 22:26
cant beat a sam adams on a hot day like today!!!!!!
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 15:03
not legally allowed to drink, but that doesn't stop me! most american beers are really bad (i don't know about sam adams) so i voted for guinness. it's just so dark!
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 07:24
I like Stonebeer.
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Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 07:37
Guests wrote:
I tried to pick Popular beers. |
Heineken?
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Posted By: Vegetable_Man
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 17:40
Anything but Icehouse... got some bad memories that goes with those nasty things...
Out of those, Miller. The best beer I've ever tasted was this
really smooth, tasty 12% german beer. Don't know the name of
it. Yeah, I've only tried like four or five of those listed
beers. Ganja>brew.
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Posted By: Don_Frog
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 22:58
Newcastle from your list, but I would rather have a brown or Scottish from our local micro.
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 12:37
Spacemac wrote:
I don't like beer |
He`s not polish. I`m a patriot so I vote for Piast Mocny. You should try polish beers out they are delicious
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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 19:04
Anything but an american beer... They piss in a bottle ansd dare call that a beer...
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Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 19:11
Well i don't really like beer, but if i were ever forced to drink i'd go with Guiness from that list, although Heineken is better.
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Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 00:31
No question about it: Belgian Ales!!! Blonde ones, golden ones, dark ones...strong ones. THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 19:47
Absolutely none from that list. They're all bat's piss.
Belgian beers are usually good, but British beers SERVED FROM A HANDPUMP are usually wonderful. All Aussie beers are foul but Fosters is particularly crap.
American beer is truly awful unless it comes from one of their wonderful microbreweries (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale being my favourite, one of the best beers in the world)
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Posted By: beef
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 08:40
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 10:47
beef wrote:
i have no life |
you're on PA...we took that as read...
...so, still no Hoegaarten on the list?
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 00:00
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 00:39
Actually, I don't drink
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 27 2005 at 09:47
Very American list with Guinness & Newcastle thrown in for good
measure. From what I've seen we in UK have probably got the best choice
- we can buy both the American Bud (so-so) and "proper" Budweiser
(Budvar) from Czech Republic, which gets my vote closely followed by
Pilsner Urquell (which means original pilsner - as indeed it is).
Honourable mentions in no particular order to Cobra (ideal with curry),
Hoegarden, Tiger, Nastro Azzurro. Chimay and Duvel trappist ales. And
then there's several Weissbeer. Of the US beers on the above list, I
really rate Samuel Adams. Cheers! Hic.........
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: September 27 2005 at 10:25
This thread advocates hard drug use! i'm shocked!
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: September 27 2005 at 10:27
Hemp beer
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 00:45
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:49
I am Dutch but not really proud on the worldwide very good selling Heineken, it has a rather average taste. I prefer the Belgian beers, especially Trappist (brewed in monasteries) like Westmalle and Rochefort. Other great Belgian beers are Carolus D'Or, La Chouffe, Barbar and Kwak. Outside Belgium I like Guiness, Kilkenny, Dutch Gerardus blond and Korenwolf white beer. By the way, beer and progrock is a great combination!
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 08:52
erik neuteboom wrote:
I am Dutch but not really proud on the worldwide very good selling Heineken, it has a rather average taste. I prefer the Belgian beers, especially Trappist (brewed in monasteries) like Westmalle and Rochefort. Other great Belgian beers are Carolus D'Or, La Chouffe, Barbar and Kwak. Outside Belgium I like Guiness, Kilkenny, Dutch Gerardus blond and Korenwolf white beer. By the way, beer and progrock is a great combination! |
Good taste.
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Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 09:35
Guinness from that list. Murphy's Stout is another favourite of mine.
Not too fond of Lagers, my favourite would be Tuborg I guess.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 09:36
As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!!
We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!!
And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! Too bad we have to order two of them to get a normal-sized beer, though!
But I'd rather think of Wine and prog as a good combination > beers are good for other style of rock!
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:01
Sean Trane wrote:
As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!!
We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!!
And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! ... |
That's very nice of you to say, but you MAY be honest . Okay, just joking, but I'm wondering: what Dutch beer do you like?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:09
Sean Trane wrote:
As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!!
We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!!
And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! Too bad we have to order two of them to get a normal-sized beer, though!
But I'd rather think of Wine and prog as a good combination > beers are good for other style of rock! |
TRUE, belgian beers are the best IMO
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:23
No, I agree with Erik. Beer goes very well with prog. And some beers really reflect the different facets of prog.
Renaissance is like a good, mild white Hoegaarden or Corsendonk (white beer (= wheat beer)). Sweet and light.
Genesis is like a De Koninck, a bit more tastier and challenging
The Cardiacs are like Kriek Lambic (cherry beer, from "krieken" - cherries), delicious, joyful, but is it really beer?
Gentle Giant is like a good triple trappist, +/- 10% alcohol (Westmalle or Chimay)
Henry Cow is like Eku Kulminator - the strongest possible beer, but a bit over the edge for me.
The Dutch Grolsch is like... the first Asia album, I suppose. Tasty but direct.
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:25
No, really the best combination is Weed and prog.
Alcohol lowers the level of counsciousness.
Wine has a more subbtle effect than beer, and Champagne has the more subtle, the best high among wines.(if not overdose).
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:46
Moogtron III wrote:
Sean Trane wrote:
As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!!
We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!!
And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! ... |
That's very nice of you to say, but you MAY be honest . Okay, just joking, but I'm wondering: what Dutch beer do you like?
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Well to be honest , you put me on a spot, here!
I find Grolsch , Gulpener and Amstel well worthy of your average Maes Pils !
In general terms , for Pilsener beers I like Jupiler & Primus but clearly the best was Wiels , but Interbrew bought it to destroy it!
Trappist: Chimay Blue and Red are excellent! I don't appreciate Westmalle (the double is daft and the tripel is way too bitter for my taste , but it is considered the purest trappist), but Achel both are excellent. Orval is an acquired taste (Gentle Giant), Rochefort 6 & 8 are both excellent but the 10 is too caramel for me, but the most intriguing is Westvleeteren (not too far away from where you live) : you will not find it at stores, they only sell it at their door and only on wednesdays afternoon if they brewed any and have them in stock and can only take one case at a time! The Blue and Yellow caps are wonderfull, the Green (blond ) is less so, and I have never seen or tasted the Red cap - I think they made a myth out of it or keep it to themselves!You can find an acetate of those by tasting the St Bernardus (ex-St Sixtus) beers
BTW:Dutch Koenigshoeven abbey has regained the right to Trappist beers etiquette, last month and so the La Trappe beers are now again Trappist beers, but I find them not quite that good!
So out of seven trappist beers , six are Belgians (3 Flemish and 3 Walloons, would you guess) and one is Dutch!
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:49
Chimay has good taste but too strong!
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:55
oliverstoned wrote:
Chimay has good taste but too strong! |
The red label tastes almost the same as the blue label but has two degrees less!
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 12:48
Sean Trane wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Sean Trane wrote:
As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!!
We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!!
And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! ... |
That's very nice of you to say, but you MAY be honest . Okay, just joking, but I'm wondering: what Dutch beer do you like?
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Well to be honest , you put me on a spot, here!
I find Grolsch , Gulpener and Amstel well worthy of your average Maes Pils !
In general terms , for Pilsener beers I like Jupiler & Primus but clearly the best was Wiels , but Interbrew bought it to destroy it!
Trappist: Chimay Blue and Red are excellent! I don't appreciate Westmalle (the double is daft and the tripel is way too bitter for my taste , but it is considered the purest trappist), but Achel both are excellent. Orval is an acquired taste (Gentle Giant), Rochefort 6 & 8 are both excellent but the 10 is too caramel for me, but the most intriguing is Westvleeteren (not too far away from where you live) : you will not find it at stores, they only sell it at their door and only on wednesdays afternoon if they brewed any and have them in stock and can only take one case at a time! The Blue and Yellow caps are wonderfull, the Green (blond ) is less so, and I have never seen or tasted the Red cap - I think they made a myth out of it or keep it to themselves!You can find an acetate of those by tasting the St Bernardus (ex-St Sixtus) beers
BTW:Dutch Koenigshoeven abbey has regained the right to Trappist beers etiquette, last month and so the La Trappe beers are now again Trappist beers, but I find them not quite that good!
So out of seven trappist beers , six are Belgians (3 Flemish and 3 Walloons, would you guess) and one is Dutch!
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Impressive list! I've come past Westvleeteren a few times: the village is on our route to the North Sea Beach. I knew they had Trappist beer, never tried it though. Thanks for the information, it sounds really good! Guess I'll make a visit Westvleeteren on a wednesday afternoon.
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 12:54
Sean Trane wrote:
oliverstoned wrote:
Chimay has good taste but too strong! |
The red label tastes almost the same as the blue label but has two degrees less! |
i'll try
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 13:31
BEER UNITES .. !!!
By the way, once I visited the Rochefort monastery where the monks brew my famous Rochefort 10. I noticed that on the entrance monks were carrying trays with Trappist beer to a truck and on the other site of the building monks were praying in the garden....you can say that opposites met over there, God and money!
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 28 2005 at 07:10
erik neuteboom wrote:
BEER UNITES .. !!!
By the way, once I visited the Rochefort monastery where the monks brew my famous Rochefort 10. I noticed that on the entrance monks were carrying trays with Trappist beer to a truck and on the other site of the building monks were praying in the garden....you can say that opposites met over there, God and money!
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Commerce and religions are never far apart! You should check out the souvenir shps at pilgrimmage ^pllaces!
But the Trappist monk have only their beers to survive. they do not get money from Vatican. This is why outside of Chimay and Westmalle which has taken a commercial option , most of the Trappist beers do not have regular feeds/supplies to shops .
Theyonly brew so much as to have enough to survive. Brewing is a second activity to praying !
Rochefort 6° (red cap) is very rare and the 8° (green cap) is not regulars in shops!
Orval does not have problems since they chose to brew only one beer
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 28 2005 at 18:37
And what about cheese made with beer? I love La Chouffe and Chimay cheese !
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 29 2005 at 07:39
erik neuteboom wrote:
And what about cheese made with beer? I love La Chouffe and Chimay cheese ! |
Actually a lot of Belgian cheese are made with the cheese crust washhed with beer a bit like they do the Camembert with Calvados or Epoisse with Marc De Bourgogne; it helps giving it more flavour!
Outside of that, the beers do not come into the process of making the cheeeses!
But most belgians abbeys make cheeses otr have them made out to their names. but they use to money to upkeep their abbeys and for foods. most of themonk communuties are self-supportive and the convents actually make cookies or Belgian laces.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:05
I just read in the Dutch beer magazine PINT that from now on you can only get one tray each person of Westvleeteren beer because of the dramatically increased popularity. Many Dutchmen drove 1 or 2 times a year to the Westvleeteren Monastry in order to take at least 10 trays of that glorious beer back to Holland, this is over now ..!
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